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FISHiPLATE,

No. 382,047. Patented May 1, 1888.

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OAMILLE LIOARDIE, OF OLERMONT, DE SAN MARCOS, GUATEMALA.

FISH-PLATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,047. dated May 1, 1888.

Application filed January 11, 1888. Serial No. 260,385.

- To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CAMILLE LIOARDIE, a citizen of France, at present residing in Clermont, Department of De San Marcos, Guate mala, Central America, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fish-Plates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is toprovide new and improved fish-plates for railway-rails, which are simple in construction.

The invention consists of various parts and details and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improve ment. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a similar view of a modified form of the same. Fig. 4 is a vertical cross-section of my improvement on the line x x of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a similar view of the same on the line 1 y of Fig. l, and Fig. 6 is a plan view of a tie or sleeper plate.

The rails A are fastened longitudinally together by the fishplates B, bolted to the said rails by means of the bolts 0. Each of the plates B is provided on each end with a down wardlyrprojecting tooth, D, which fits loosely into a corresponding aperture formed in the base of the rail. The plates B are also provided with downwardly-projecting teeth E, which are somewhat longer, and pass through apertures formed in thebase of the rail and into apertures G, formed in the plate H, which rests on the tie or sleeper.

In the middle of the fish-plate B is formed an upwardly-projecting tongue, F, which fits into a recess formed between the adjoining ends of the rails A, which are held a suitable (No model.)

distance apart corresponding to the length of the tongue F. The latter is rounded oft'at its upper edge, so as to conform to the shape of the rail, as shown in Fig. 4. The tongues F of the two fish-plates B join each other longitudinally between the ends of the rails A, and

are either provided with straight inner faces,

as shown in Fig. 3,01 with angular inner faces, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

It will be seenthat the tongue F and the teeth D and E hold the abutting rails A together longitudinally, and thus prevent the rails from injuring the bolts G when contracting or expanding. The teeth E of the fishplates B also hold the plate H in its relative position on the bases of the rails A.

Having thus described my invention, Icla'im as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. Thecombination, with the rail A, of the fish-plate B, having the teeth D and E, the teeth E passinginto apertures in the plate H, and the teeth D passing into apertures in the base of the rail, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination, with the rail A and the plate H, of the fishplate B, having the upwardly-projecting tongue F, the top of which is flush with the rail, and the teeth D E on its bottom edge,the teeth E passinginto apertures in the plate H, and the teeth D into apertures in the base-of the rail, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. The combination, with therails having their ends placed a suitable distance apart, of the fish-plates B, having the upwardly-extending and overlapping tongues F projecting into the space between the ends of the rails and provided with teeth on their lower edges, substantiall y as herein shown and described.

OAMILLE LIGARDIE.

. Witnesses:

B. BOUZANT, S. GAYORD. 

